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A. J; VANCE.

AAAAAAAAAA 1w rum) APR. 17. 1963.

' Patented N013, 1908.

a the blank form the stops extend to the reversed and place shown in.lar box is illustrated in Fig. 1, this blank .rial, after which ALBERT.T. VANCE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed April 1'1, 1908. Serial. No. 427,695.

may concern: i It is obvious To all whom it hat I, ALBERT J Be it known-t VANCE, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Chica 0, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a s ecification.

The'object of my invention is to improve and cheapen that class of.boxes in which one section of the box is shallower than the other andthe deeper section provided with stops to support the shallower section.Such boxes are extensively used for toilet soap, and various other linesof manufacture, and the purpoose of constructing the ox shallower thecover is to moree ecoods when the cover is upon" the bottom of thesection with the stops bent inwardly, the structure will have theappearance illus- 2, the outer edges 7' of the trated in Fig. stopsforming a firm rest for the body of osition shown the box, both in theclosed in Fig. 3 and the open or isplay position shown in Fig. 4.

While I prefer the construction illustrated in which each of the cornerstops is formed of two projections e extending inwardly from the meetingedges of the sides, it is obvious that a single projection extendinginwardly from each corner would suflice to u port the body of the box,and I consider that my invention embraces either construction and is notlimited to the particular form illustrated.

I have found that the turning in of the stops 6 has a slight tendency toseparate the meeting edges of the sides at the corners of the box. Asshown in Fig. 1 and on a larger scale in Fig. 5, I provide against thisby extending the sides at the point designated g stops in tually displaythe box.

In the drawin s-Figure 1 is a view of from which the-box cover is made.Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective viewof the interior of one corner ofthe cover showing the stops. Fig. 3 is a view of the box when closed,one corner of the slightly beyond the scored line 0, as indicover beingbroken away to show the stop. cated at k. By this means a tight junctionFig. 4 is a view of the box open an with of the meeting edges ofthesides is provide the cover in reversed position upon thebotabove thestops 0. tom thereof. Fig. 5 is an enlarged frag- Heretofore it has beencustomary to form mentary view .of one corner of the blank the stopswhereby the body of the box is supported 1n the cover by gluing orpasting separate strips of cardboard to the interior of the cover. Myinvention possesses several advantages over this method. The projectingstops'e of my structure are formed of the minimum amount of cardboard,and furthermore are formed of material that would otherwise be wasted.The formation of the stops. according to my method involves little extralabor, merely necessitating the construction of a cutter or othermechanism of a form adapted to out the blank illustrated in Fig. 1. Bythis means the labor of attaching the separate stops heretofore used isobviat Another advantage results from the fact highly glazed paper isused considerable dif- Flg. 1. Boxes of the class to which my inventionis applied are generally rectangular in form, but it. is obvious thatthey may be constructed of other shapes. A blank for arectanguconsisting of a base a and sides I) projecting therefrom, thesides being rectangular in form. The blank is folde along the lines o tothe form shown in Fig. 3 and held in position by strips of cloth d orother matethe boxis usually covered paper label pasted thereto.Projecting the meeting edges of the sides b are integral with theremainder of the blank. The outer edges 1 of these stops are located ata distance from the outer edge 9 of the side I) a distance approximatelyequal to the depth of the body of the box, and the stops may extend tothe base, as illustrated, or part way to the base. practice, Ihave foundit preferable to have ase, beveling the lower edges at h, as illustratedin Fig. 1, in order to afford clearance.

by a from stops 6 formed necessary to put the box aside for an hour ormore to await the drying of the paste bethat when the blank illus tratedin Fig. 1 is folded to formthe cover ficulty is encountered in makingthe glue that where I the drying of the paste used fore folding thecover to closed position and pasting in said position, or if theseoperations are reversed it is necessary to await in each operationbefore proceeding to the next. manufacture of my improved box cover, oneof the pasting operations is done away with and the'manufacture of thecover is to that extent expedited.

It will be understood that my invention is not restricted to the precisedetails of form and construction herein described and illustrated, butcovers the invention as defined in the appended claims.

' I claim:

l. A box section comprising a base, sides connected thereto, and stopsintegral with said' sides and projecting diagonally inwardlytherefrom attheir meetin edges.

2. A box section comprising a ase, sides integral with said base, stopsintegral with said sides, said stops projectin from the meeting edges ofsaid sides an extending from a point intermediate the ends of saidmeeting edgesatoward the base, and a second box section adapted to fitwithin the first named box section and having a depth equal to thedistance fromthe edges thereof to the stops therein.

3. A box section comprising a base, sides integral therewith, integralstops projecting from the meeting edges of said sides and ex- In the glebetween the tions of the sides.

tending from a point intermediate the ends of said meeting edges towardthe base, and a second box section comprising a base and sides, saidsecond section being adapted to be received within the first namedsection and to rest on said stops.

4. A box section comprising'a base, sides integral with said base,integral sto s rojecting from the meeting edges of said sides andextending from a point intermediate the ends of said meeting edgestoward the base, the outer part of the meeting edges of said sidesextending slightly beyond the anstops and the adjacent por- '5. A boxsection comprising a base, sides connected thereto, and stops integralwith said sides and projectin inwardly therefrom at their meeting e ges,the adjacent stops at each corner abutting against each other. 6. A boxsection comprising a base, sides connected thereto, and stops at eachend of each side, said stops being integral with the respective sidesand projecting inwardly therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name.

ALBERT J. VANCE. Witnesses:

ANNA L. SAVOIE, ANNIE C. CoUR'rENAY.

